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4-H Centennial Records

 Collection
Identifier: AC 0542
Abstract The U.S. Department of Agriculture, the National 4-H Council, and cooperative education groups collaborated in developing programming for the 4-H Centennial in 2002. The 4-H Centennial Records consists of brochures, committee material, correspondence, expense records, marketing material, notes, planning material, press releases, programs, and reports. National 4-H Centennial material includes the National 4-H Strategic Plan, compact disks, and videotapes. There is correspondence from...
Dates: 2001-2002
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. University Archives

4-H Clubs of Nevada Records

 Collection
Identifier: 83-05
Abstract 4-H Clubs began informally in the early 1900s, usually with crop and canning contests sponsored by commercial or civic groups. The Smith-Lever Act of 1914 established funding for Cooperative Extension work nationwide, encouraging university outreach and practical education. Extension agents were appointed to each county and began to formalize their youth services programs. Nevada's 4-H Club program functions as the youth services element of the University of Nevada's Cooperative Extension...
Dates: 1918-1980; Majority of material found within 1930-1960
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

4-H Club Moving Image Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AC 0601
Abstract

The collection is composed of videocassettes, compact disks, and 16mm film reels about National 4-H Council programming, the Lake Tahoe 4-H camp, regional Cooperative Extension System 4-H events, and marketing material.

Dates: 1995-2001
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. University Archives

20. Korrika in Reno

 Collection — Box: BSQAP0446
Identifier: BAQ087
Abstract

Banner, the baton, chest guards and a child's chest guard used for 20. Korrika in Reno.

Dates: 2017
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Jon Bilbao Basque Library

Speech made on the 50th anniversary the Taylor Grazing Act of 1934

 Collection
Identifier: 84-21
Abstract

Collection consists of a presentation made at the open house for the 50th anniversary of the Taylor Grazing Act, which brought public domain lands under control of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management during 1984. The Taylor Grazing Act was created by Darrel S. Fulwider.

Dates: 1984
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

420 Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 86-17
Abstract

Handwritten legal documents, The 420 Mining Company complainant, vs. the Bullion Mining Company, defendant. Material from 1873-1875.

Dates: 1873-1875
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Letters from A. C. Williams to Leonora Kennedy

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-46
Abstract

Albert C. Williams was born in Nevada in 1883 and lived in Austin and Tonopah, Nevada. In 1904 he worked for the Nevada Central Railroad train station, which ran from Austin to Battle Mountain, Nevada and connected to the Southern Pacific. By September of the same year, he found a new job at a bank in Tonopah. The collection contains four letters from Williams to his cousin Leonora Kennedy who lived in Florin, California.

Dates: 1903-1904
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Interview of Vida Boyle

 Collection
Identifier: NC237
Abstract

Interview by Grace Danberg.,Recollections of household hardships in Virginia City, Nevada, and in the governor's mansion in Carson City.

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Indenture

 Collection
Identifier: 94-35
Abstract

Indenture from William McBrown selling the Mammoth Lady Gold and Silver Mining Company in Smokey Valley (now Big Smoky Valley), Lander County, Nevada Territory to Peter Gross, on August 1, 1864.

Dates: August 1, 1864
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Northeast Nevada cooperative land use study

 Collection
Identifier: 95-81
Abstract

Report provides information on Nevada land classified according to use capability. The northeastern region of Nevada extends from Silver Creek quadrangle east to the Utah/Nevada border and from the Idaho border south to Tenabo, Nevada. Created by the United States Soil Conservation Service in 1939.

Dates: circa 1939
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

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University of Nevada, Reno. Human Resources Department 18
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Church, James Edward, Jr., 1869-1959 15
University of Nevada System. Desert Research Institute 15
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Republican Party (Nev.) 14
University of Nevada. Desert Research Institute 14
University of Nevada. Office of the President 14
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McCarran, Pat, 1876-1954 11
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Glass, Mary Ellen, 1927- 10
Milam, Max, 1930-1987 10
Miller, N. Edd 10
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 10
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Tahoe Regional Planning Agency 10
Virginia & Truckee Railroad 10
Armstrong, Charles J., 1911-1994 9
Bible, Alan, 1909-1988 9
Fair, James Graham, 1831-1894 9
Northern Nevada Community College 9
Reid, Harry, 1939-2021 9
Sawyer, Grant, 1918-1996 9
University of Nevada System. Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics 9
University of Nevada, Reno. Department of Music 9
Adams, Eva Bertrand, 1908-1991 8
Clark, Walter E. (Walter Ernest), 1873-1955 8
Creel, C. W. 8
Democratic Party (U.S.) 8
Freemasons 8
Laxalt, Robert, 1923-2001 8
Liljeblad, Sven S. (Sven Samuel), 1899-2000 8
Max C. Fleischmann College of Agriculture. Cooperative Extension Service 8
Mexican Gold and Silver Mining Company 8
Oddie, Tasker L. (Tasker Lowndes), 1870-1950 8
Sarah Hamilton Fleischmann School of Home Economics 8
United States. Bureau of Land Management 8
University of Nevada, Reno. Department of Art 8
University of Nevada, Reno. Judicial Studies Program 8
Baring, Walter S. (Walter Stephan), 1911-1975 7
Bryan, Richard H. 7
Carpenter, Kenneth 7
Davis, Sam P. (Sam Post), 1850-1918 7
Doten, Samuel B. (Samuel Bradford), 1875-1955 7
Good, Alice M. 7
Hartman, Leon Wilson, 1876-1943 7
League of Women Voters of Nevada 7
Mackay, Clarence H. (Clarence Hungerford), 1874-1938 7
Moseley, John O., 1893-1955 7
National Collegiate Athletic Association 7
Newmont Mining Corporation 7
Pittman, Key, 1872-1940 7
Savage Mining Company (Virginia City, Nev.) 7
Scott, William T. (William Taussig), 1916-1999 7
Sharon, William, 1821-1885 7
Sierra Club. Toiyabe Chapter 7
Stout, Minard W. 7
Stubbs, Joseph Edward, 1850-1914 7
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 7
Union Mill and Mining Company 7
United States. Congress. Senate 7
United States. Forest Service 7
University and Community College System of Nevada. Desert Research Institute 7
University of Nevada, Reno. Bureau of Governmental Research 7
University of Nevada, Reno. Fire Science Academy 7
University of Nevada, Reno. Library 7
University of Nevada, Reno. School of the Arts 7
University of Nevada. Center for Western North American Studies 7
Bliss, Duane L. 6
Boyle, Emmet Derby, 1879-1926 6

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